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In 2008 Congress established the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan in response to increasing indications of widespread waste, fraud, and abuse in government contracting. The eight?member Commission is a bipartisan, independent entity charged with evaluating and reporting on America's wartime contracting for logistics, reconstruction, and security. The authorizing legislation directs the Commission to issue an Interim Report and a Final Report. This Interim Report to Congress describes the Commission's work to date, which includes hundreds of meetings and briefings, analysis of existing reports and audits, hearings on Capitol Hill, and fact?finding trips to the theaters of operation. This Report highlights some time?sensitive issues, especially given the challenges of the drawdown in Iraq and the buildup in Afghanistan. The Commission's Final Report to Congress will reflect the results of all of the Commission's work. It will include lessons learned and specific, actionable recommendations for permanent improvement in wartime contracting. More than 240, 000 contractor employees currently provide critical support for U.S. contingency operations in the Southwest Asia area of responsibility, which includes Iraq and Afghanistan. Despite the difficulty of operating in these environments, military personnel, federal civilian employees, and private contractors have executed countless support tasks faithfully and well. Many have paid a personal price. As of May 27, 2009, 4, 973 men and women of America's military and at least 13 civilian employees of the Department of Defense have died in Iraq and Afghanistan. Less publicized is the fact that more than 1, 360 contractor employees - Americans, Iraqis, and third?country nationals - have also died in the two war zones. Tens of thousands more have been wounded. Criticisms of the contingency contract system and suggestions for reform in no way diminish their sacrifices. The Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan is committed to help ensure that contract support for future contingency operations is well planned, efficiently executed, and rigorously overseen so that it best supports America's military, diplomatic, and reconstruction efforts, and provides good stewardship of American taxpayers' dollars
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At What Cost? Contingency Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan: Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan- Interim Report, June, 2009
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